The iPhone and Samsung Galaxy smartphones may be best sellers for T-Mobile, but that doesn’t mean the wireless carrier, which has been making bold moves in recent months with its “un-plans,” has forgotten about other device makers.

The Xperia Z, Sony’s new, waterproof, Android-based smartphone, will be available exclusively through T-Mobile starting July 17. The phone will cost $100, with a two-year payment commitment of $20 per month. It has a 5-inch, full HD display, a 13-megapixel camera with an HDR sensor made specifically for smartphone image-capturing, and a 1.5 Ghz quad-core Qualcomm processor.

T-Mobile also said that the Nokia Lumia 925 will be available starting July 17, for $50 down plus the $20-dollar monthly installments. This one’s T-Mobile’s first 4G/LTE Windows Phone. It has a 4.5-inch display, the same quad-core processor and some of Nokia’s “PureView” technology built into its 8.7-megapixel camera.

Last but not least — although tablets make up significantly less of T-Mobile’s business than smartphones — T-Mobile will roll out a software update to the coming weeks to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, making the tablet LTE-compatible.

Correction: An earlier version of this story said T-Mobile would roll out a new, LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 in the coming weeks. T-Mobile is actually introducing a software update that will make the existing tablet, LTE-compatible.

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— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work

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